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Orioles manager Buck Showalter is taking his team onto the Ed Smith Stadium field Friday so that they can use the sound system to pump crowd noise into the venue. (That exercise had initially been planned for Saturday.)
The noise -- which will...

How loud was it during the crowd-noise-enhanced popup drills at Ed Smith Stadium on Friday?
The stadium speakers blasting the recorded reaction to Delmon Young’s dramatic base-loaded double in last year’s American League Division Series at...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter has said multiple times this spring that he plans to play Chris Davis in right field at times during the regular season, and said on Friday that Davis “loves” to play in the outfield.
“Chris might be as...

Before his departure for the Atlanta Braves, Nick Markakis was one of the Orioles' most respected players because of the way he let his play on the field speak for him.
Usually quiet and reserved, Markakis — who signed a four-year contract with...

Hunter Harvey's first throwing sessions of spring training have drawn a crowd to the new bullpen area of the Ed Smith Stadium complex, with executives, staff and players all gathering for a glimpse of the Orioles' consensus No. 2 prospect.
For Orioles...

Now that Everth Cabrera is officially a member of the Orioles, his addition creates an interesting dynamic in spring training.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter has said that Cabrera will have to earn his roster spot this spring -- and that’s true --...

The Orioles’ pending deal with infielder Everth Cabrera is expected to be finalized Wednesday as the team officially kicks off spring training with its first full-squad workout of the season.
But when Cabrera arrives, he will do so with few...

There’s no such thing as too much pitching depth.
But having six viable major league starters becomes problematic when you take a look at the Orioles’ strange array of scheduled days off and realize that the club may only need to use a fifth...

In reporting for the article in today's newspaper about first baseman-outfielder Chris Parmelee, I asked manager Buck Showalter yesterday about plate discipline.
Parmelee arrived in the major leagues with a .395 on-base percentage in Triple-A, partially...

Orioles right-hander Darren O’Day likely won’t see much action in Grapefruit League games this spring.
Manager Buck Showalter indicated over the weekend that O’Day will be one of the pitchers who will go through camp slowly, which...

Being in a different organization for the first time in his professional career, Orioles outfielder-first baseman Chris Parmelee compares this spring training to being the new kid in school.
"You've been in one school your whole life, and now you're...